Comm 1050 Chapter 6: Listening

To be an effective listener you also must be ______ in hearing, or someone who pays attention to the speaker and is not easily affected by distractions.

• centered

• skilled

• attentive

• active

Critical reading and active listening share some characteristics and benefits. What is their primary difference?

• Active listening only has one objective, while critical reading has multiple objectives.

• Critical reading includes written text, while active listening typically does not.

• Active listening is easier than critical reading.

• Critical reading helps prevents wandering thoughts, which is not possible with active listening.

______ is a communication tool that is often taken for granted, which is surprising because people spend almost 12 hours per day doing this.

• Hearing

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  Talking

• Listening

• Conversing

The difference between hearing and listening is ______.

• hearing is active, and listening is passive

• listening is active, and hearing is passive

• hearing is sensory, and listening is not

• listening is aural, and hearing is audible

Making a personal relational connec­tion with the source of a message that results from the source and the receiver actively working together to create shared meaning and understanding

• Engaged Listening

• Egocentric Listening

• Critical Listening

• Content Listening

An obstacle to listening is when people focus on the points of a message that correspond with their views and interests and pay less attention to those that do not.

• Selective Listening

• Semantic Diversion

• Source Distraction

• Unconditional Positive Regard

An indication that the material being pro­vided can be confirmed by other sources or means.

• Verifiability

• Wandering Thoughts

• Responding

• Respect

An argument that appears legitimate but is actually based on faulty reasoning or insufficient evidence.

• Plausibility

• Fallacious argument

• Verifiability

• Factual argument

This fallacy relies on tradition to prove a point, arguing that a thesis must be correct because it has traditionally been so (we have always done it this way).

• Appeal to Tradition

• Appeal to Emotion

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Ridicule

This fallacy presents two alternative options as the only possibilities when more possibilities may exist.

• False Dilemma

• Furtive Fallacy

• Gambler's Fallacy

• Red Herring